A change of philosophy as it pertains to the lawn care this winter.. Last Tuesday was the last time I will mow this year... maybe.. And I say maybe because the weather will totally determine if I mow again, likely I am done mowing.. The mower is folded up (as I do every year since getting the new mower and the shed to store it in), however it takes little effort to unfold it an go a mowing again.. What would make me mow again?? The grass would need to grow enough to need mowing, seems like an easy one there but there are reasons to NOT mow anymore.. The grass would need to be uniform in it's growth, not just here and there tall which I would expect it to grow that way, with some of it in more direct sun now more than anytime during the true growing season.. I have an uncle who might mow his lawn until just before Christmas and then not have to start mowing again until late January, or course he lives in a bit warmer climate..
Also there is the watering situation.. Last year (and every year prior to that) I stopped water completely shortly after my last mowing (end of October) and don't start watering until May (the old April showers bring May flowers saying being the reason not to water).. However last year, this past winter season in early March, I witnessed someone watering their lawn and all I could think was what a waste of water no matter how little or lot they did water.. But there again I have changed my thinking since we never really did get any rain enough this early spring, late spring, early summer or for that matter EVER.. So as long as the weather stays fairly mild I will water the lawn.. The biggest problem is watering the whole lawn takes six hours (12 minutes times each move every other day).. I water different since the last mowing going to a ten minute every move once a week.. As long as the weather stays relatively warm I will water this way once a week, but there is a problem, six hours a day to water the whole lawn is the majority of the daylight and of those hours it is the later three or four that are warm enough to water.. So I can water the front taking slightly more than an hour to water.. The back takes two days to water.. Two days of that nice of weather may not happen in the next three months.. Or maybe they will.. The weather has really changed in the past five years..
Yesterday I found something out, well found out a few weeks ago but tried it yesterday.. One of the video downloading programs I use to get videos from YouTube updated recently, and sometimes updates are for the better, and sometimes they aren't.. This update was for the.. better by a lot.. Here's why.. While I found out it will download from a few more sites, it was one that got my attention that made me think of things completely different.. I had been getting a few shows via torrent and that is good but also dangerous as hell.. Yesterday after getting more videos for the next music video project I thought I'd give it a try and see if it would download from a site it said it would.. Went to HULU to see if it would get a show.. Turns out IT WILL.. How might this make me watch shows I want to but can't get around to it?? Not sure.. The idea of having a dvr or that service from dish network, where you can download a full night of shows from all four networks.. Sounds like a toy to have except for one thing, I can't find anything to watch.. There really isn't anything that interests me enough to even set my old vcr..
This Sundays music entry will be a tribute to my dad.. Trying to remember what he used to listen to, should be interesting to do..
The new music video project started yesterday and having so many video material to choose from is somewhat overwhelming.. The three sessions to acquire the video were interesting, with the third being the most productive.. I'm learning more and more of how to do the videos and trying to time the change from one feeling in a song to another, and trying to have the visuals match the music ideas.. As I watch the videos and try to fit this with that I will more than likely end up with more videos than I will use on the entry and will either have two or more or just pull the best of the project and save the rest for the "box set"....
Badge Henry
Also there is the watering situation.. Last year (and every year prior to that) I stopped water completely shortly after my last mowing (end of October) and don't start watering until May (the old April showers bring May flowers saying being the reason not to water).. However last year, this past winter season in early March, I witnessed someone watering their lawn and all I could think was what a waste of water no matter how little or lot they did water.. But there again I have changed my thinking since we never really did get any rain enough this early spring, late spring, early summer or for that matter EVER.. So as long as the weather stays fairly mild I will water the lawn.. The biggest problem is watering the whole lawn takes six hours (12 minutes times each move every other day).. I water different since the last mowing going to a ten minute every move once a week.. As long as the weather stays relatively warm I will water this way once a week, but there is a problem, six hours a day to water the whole lawn is the majority of the daylight and of those hours it is the later three or four that are warm enough to water.. So I can water the front taking slightly more than an hour to water.. The back takes two days to water.. Two days of that nice of weather may not happen in the next three months.. Or maybe they will.. The weather has really changed in the past five years..
Yesterday I found something out, well found out a few weeks ago but tried it yesterday.. One of the video downloading programs I use to get videos from YouTube updated recently, and sometimes updates are for the better, and sometimes they aren't.. This update was for the.. better by a lot.. Here's why.. While I found out it will download from a few more sites, it was one that got my attention that made me think of things completely different.. I had been getting a few shows via torrent and that is good but also dangerous as hell.. Yesterday after getting more videos for the next music video project I thought I'd give it a try and see if it would download from a site it said it would.. Went to HULU to see if it would get a show.. Turns out IT WILL.. How might this make me watch shows I want to but can't get around to it?? Not sure.. The idea of having a dvr or that service from dish network, where you can download a full night of shows from all four networks.. Sounds like a toy to have except for one thing, I can't find anything to watch.. There really isn't anything that interests me enough to even set my old vcr..
This Sundays music entry will be a tribute to my dad.. Trying to remember what he used to listen to, should be interesting to do..
The new music video project started yesterday and having so many video material to choose from is somewhat overwhelming.. The three sessions to acquire the video were interesting, with the third being the most productive.. I'm learning more and more of how to do the videos and trying to time the change from one feeling in a song to another, and trying to have the visuals match the music ideas.. As I watch the videos and try to fit this with that I will more than likely end up with more videos than I will use on the entry and will either have two or more or just pull the best of the project and save the rest for the "box set"....
Badge Henry
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